Former NITI Aayog CEO, Others Get Bail In INX Media Case
[ By Bobby Anthony ]A special court in Delhi has granted bail to former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, former officer on special duty (OSD) to finance minister Pradeep Kumar Bagga, former Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) director Prabodh Saxena, among others, in the INX Media corruption case.Earlier, the court had reserved its order on bail applications moved by six bureaucrats...
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A special court in Delhi has granted bail to former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, former officer on special duty (OSD) to finance minister Pradeep Kumar Bagga, former Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) director Prabodh Saxena, among others, in the INX Media corruption case.
Earlier, the court had reserved its order on bail applications moved by six bureaucrats who were part of the FIPB panel which granted approval to INX Media, in a case involving former Union Minister P Chidambaram.
The court has also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hand over the copy of certain deficient documents to all the accused in the INX Media case, including Chidambaram and his son Karti.
The court, which granted bail to these bureaucrats on a surety of Rs 2 lakh each, directed that they should not leave the country without its permission or tamper with the evidence.
On May 15, 2017, the CBI had registered an FIR alleging irregularities in an FIPB clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram's tenure as Union finance minister.
